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Geoff Lawson

Pakistan yet to decide on new coach, says PCB chief Najam Sethi

Decision has been delayed due to Islamabad High Court pending verdict.

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Geoff Lawson happy with Australia’s pace bowling stocks

Former Australian cricketer Lawson has said Australian bowling is decently stocked.

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Whitewash of England gives Australia an opportunity for lengthy domination, says Geoff Lawson

Lawson has said a 5-0 whitewash of England would give Australia an opportunity to set the standard.

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Ashes 2013-14: England didn’t have Plan B against Australia in 1st Test, says Geoff Lawson

Former Australia pacer Geoff Lawson on Monday said that England have relied on technology to find the weakness of the Australians in the ongoing Ashes series and due to the lack of Plan B, their strategies have misfired.

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Ashes 2013-14: Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes withdrawn from Invitational XI for match against England

Australian Ashes hopefuls Usman Khawaja and Phil Hughes were Monday withdrawn from the Cricket Australia Invitational XI to play England in the tourists' final warm-up match before the Test series starts next week.

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Fawad Ahmed shouldn’t be in Australian team if he doesn’t wear team gear, says Doug Walters

Fawad Ahmed’s being exempted to wear the Australian jersey without the sponsor logo has attracted the ire of the former Australian batsman Doug Walters who said that the leg-spinner shouldn’t be a part of the team if he doesn’t want to wear the team’s clothing. Ahmed, a Muslim refugee from Pakistan who was granted Australian citizenship earlier this year was exempted from sporting the VB logo on his jersey, which is on a beer manufacturer.

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Dav Whatmore’s contract will not be extended, confirms PCB

Pakistan will have a new head coach for the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 Championships in Bangladesh next year as the PCB has no intentions of renewing Australian Dav Whatmore's two-year contract when it expires in March, 2014.

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Australia should have considered other options instead of promoting assistant coach Darren Lehmann

Australia have correctly dumped Mickey Arthur, but they did not even attempt to find the best possible coach to replace him. Instead, they just promoted the assistant coach, Darren Lehmann to the role.

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PCB chief Zaka Ashraf backs under-fire Dav Whatmore

Pakistan's cricket chief threw his weight behind under-fire coach Dav Whatmore on Tuesday, after the national team's 3-0 Test whitewash in South Africa, saying he was doing a good job.

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Umar Gul looks burnt out; needs to take a break from the game: Geoff Lawson

Lawson who described his stint as Pakistan coach as enjoyable spoke to PakPassion’s Saj Sadiq about the recently-concluded Test series against South Africa and in particular about the lack of preparation ahead of the series, the subsequent criticism of coach Dav Whatmore from some former players, Umar Gul's form in South Africa and the performance of the young Pakistani fast bowlers in the series.

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